--- On Sun, 17/7/11, David Whyte <david.wh...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: David Whyte <david.wh...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Missing Ethernet Port > To: "Tom Sparks" <tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au> > Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com, david...@tpg.com.au > Received: Sunday, 17 July, 2011, 3:25 PM > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Tom > Sparks <tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au> > wrote: > > tell us a little the make and model of your friends > computer > > > > What dose lspci and lsusb report on his computer? > > > > send us the dmesg file from his coomputer? > > > All of this will help to determine whether the hardware has > been > recognised and setup correctly. I know my netbook > needed a > proprietary driver which I was able to enable from the > 'Hardware > Drivers' application. >
you may even have to use NDISwrapper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NDISwrapper ) > Cheers, > Whytey > -- tom_a_sparks "It's a nerdy thing I like to do" Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html 3 x (x)Ubuntu 10.04, Amiga A1200 WB 3.1, UAE AF 2006 WB 3.X, Sam440 AOS 4.1.2 Wanted: RiscOS system, GEOS system (C64/C128), Atari ST, Apple Macintosh (68k/PPC only) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
